God, I use to wrestle with my friend who wreslted in highschool and he would do this all the freaking time.

Also he has a shaved head and would rub the stubble on your face. It is the most annoying experience ever in my life.

Especially when he is behind me and has be ready to suplex and decides to put his chin into my shoulder blade.

I would say teach it, but tell them not to use it. I have the feeling that if a guy is doing all these so called "dirty" tactics and I still beat him without doing any of them, than it makes me feel good about my progress.

I have a question for the wrestlers who frequent this forum.
Do you guys consider a chin dig to be a 'dirty' move?
I mean, it is not illegal, but do you think it is a dirty tactic on the mat? I am just wondering what your opinions are because I am coaching this year and wondering whether to encourage the team members to do this or not. I know that I used it once in a while, but do you think it is good form to pass this on to young wrestlers? If they stick with the sport, they will learn it somewhere down the line anyways.
I am interested in informed opinions only, thanks.

Nothing you can get away with is "dirty."

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my instructor groups techniques into 3 groups: illegal for compitetion, he still teaches them though for "self defense"
legal in compitetion
jonesing(dirty), ones that you do in comp but not to training partners, or atleast not as whole heartedly as in comp, things like using your cup for extra leverage, not shaving so when you grind your chin it's that much more annoying, putting your knuckles into ribs when you press your weight down on a guy

The chin dig is a very effective way of getting your oppents shoulder to the mat. I used to use it all the time. There is nothing wrong with it and is way more comfortable than getting bulldoged and then stacked.

The chin dig is a very effective way of getting your oppents shoulder to the mat. I used to use it all the time. There is nothing wrong with it and is way more comfortable than getting bulldoged and then stacked.

Is that what he means by chin dig? Well hell yeah, that's clean wrestling. Nothing dirty about that. It didn't even occur to me that was what he was talking about because I don't see what could possibly be construed as dirty about that. I think it's foolish not to use that technique. I used it a ton in wrestling and I still use it today in judo.